About Matthew
Matthew Vaughn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in North Carolina with ten years of counseling experience. He uses a warm, down-to-earth style and aims to make therapy feel manageable and even a little hopeful for worried parents and adults. He blends a person-centered way of working with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy.
That means sessions focus on understanding what matters to the client and then trying concrete actions to reduce stress, anxiety, and mood struggles.
Background and approach
He also draws on relational ideas when conversations involve intimacy or relationship patterns. Matthew has worked in psychiatric and addiction treatment settings as well as independent practice. That experience shaped his approach to addiction, trauma, and severe mood concerns.
He also helps people facing career pressures, parenting stress, and social anxiety. When someone reaches out, Matthew aims to create straightforward steps toward change. He listens for patterns, offers options, and helps set small experiments to test what works.
He explains concepts plainly and often uses humor to ease tense moments. He offers sessions in English and is comfortable working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Online session options include video, phone, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How Matthew Applies Approaches Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's perspective. The therapist listens deeply, reflects feelings and values, and helps clients find their own solutions; this approach supports people working through stress, identity concerns, and relationship questions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and replace them with practical experiments and behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, mood symptoms, obsessive behaviors, and many day-to-day challenges.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Matthew works with clients to figure out which methods fit their goals and comfort level. He adjusts techniques as progress unfolds and checks in regularly about what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video lets people observe nonverbal cues and hold deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to get concise support during busy schedules or when writing feels easier than talking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into work, school, and parenting routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Control issues
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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